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32 . FUNGUS-FLORA. 



On bark, wood, &c. 



A very beautiful fungus, resembling an Araucaria in 

 ininiatuie when seen under a low magnifying power. 



SPICARIA. Harz. (fig. 10, p. 274.) 



Sterile hypbae creeping, branched, septate ; fertile hypbae 

 erect, septate, repeatedly verticillately branched towards 

 the apex, ultimate branchlets each bearing a diverging chain 

 of elliptic or oblong, pale or colourless, continuous conidia. 



Spicarin, Harz, Hyph., p. 50 ; Sacc, SylL, iv. p. 166. 



AVith the general habit of Verticillium, but distinct in the 

 lax, spreading chains of conidia. 



Spicaria elegans. Harz. (fig. 10, p. 274.) 

 Tufts thin, effused, minutely velvet}'', whitish ; fertile 

 hyphae erect, septate, 2-3 times verticillately branched 

 above, ultimate branchlets tapering, chains of conidia elon- 

 gated, lax ; conidia elono-ato-elliptical, colourless. 5 x 3 /x. 

 /^j9«c«naeZe^a/?s,Harz,Hyphom.p. 51; Sacc, Syll., iv. n. 853. 

 On bark, fungi, &c. 



Var. muscorum, Grove, Joum. Bot., t. 256, f. 8. 

 Fertile hyphae 150-250 x 4-5 /x; conidia slightly larger 

 than in type, subacute at both ends, 9 x 3 /x. 

 On moss, wood, &c. 

 Forming a thin, white, pulverulent stratum. 



Tribe 7. Gonato'^jotryteae. Sacc. 

 GONATOBOTRYS. Corda. (fig. 12, p. 274.) 



Sterile hyphae creeping, fertile erect, septate, inflated at 

 the septae, inflated portions covered witli spicule-like pro- 

 jections that bear the cuntinuous conidia. 



GonatrohatrySj Corda, Prachtflora, t. v. ; Sacc, Syll., iv. 

 p. 169. 



Must not be confounded with ArtlirohotrijSj which has 

 1-septate conidia. 



